Reverse Post Order beta 1.4 YaBB2
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This mod allows a user to select if posts are displayed from oldest to newest (default) or newest to oldest in their profile preferences (Global Announcements are excluded from this).  No thread files are manipulated, just how a single individual views it. 


Comments
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- This is a spin off of a mod for 1.3 by Zoo (didn't use any of his code - didn't even look at - FYI).
- This changes how YaBB reads in a thread file.  Because there is not a way to read a file backwards in perl, the whole file has to be read in, which on large threads could slow things down (>500 posts), but not by much.

Thanks for the idea "gizmobay".


Installation
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1.  Unistall previous version
2.  Mod the files
3.  Upload the modded files and the language file to the correct directories


Compatability
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YaBB 2 only


History
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v1.0 - initial release
v1.1 - Fixed a numbering issue that sent you to the wrong post if you try to quote or modify etc...
v1.2 - Big errors fixed that
v1.3 - Fixed the most recent post issue and basically reworked the numebr of posts
v1.3a - Updated for Y2 Final Release
v 1.4 - Added code so that a user will be redirected to a correctly reversed thread after posting if the thread is being watched and notifies other users of the posting.

Test It
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http://www.valleynazarene.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl


Hope this is useful.

astro-pilot

Found a big error.  Working on version 1.1

Thank you so much! I'll install it when I get home on Sunday and let you know how it goes. Even better then the previous version since the user can change reverse or not themselves.

Thanks again astro 

I have found two more large issues, so  I am pulling this from beta testing until I fix things.  This doesn't create security risks or anything, but the errors I just didn't anticipate in my hasty release.

Sorry for the confusion and waste of your time.

ap

Just a quick update, I have fixed my two big problems and am back to my small javascript issue.  The time frame for the next release could be sometime this weekend, hopefully.

ap

updated....it works like I thought it should now....in the initial write up, I didn't think about threads with more than one page.

Things to test
1) Deleting posts
2) Redirection after a post/modification/deletion

ap

Hi Astropilot
great mod. 

Here my german translation. 

#-----------------------------------------------------------------#
# Reverse_Post_Order.lng (RPO text definitions)			  #
# for YaBB 2							  #
# by Shawn Flynn						  #
#-----------------------------------------------------------------#
# Copyright: 2005 'Shawn Flynn' - All Rights Reserved		    #
# Released: August 26, 2005					  #
# e-mail:	shawnflynn@louisville.edu			  #
#-----------------------------------------------------------------#
# Any redistribution of this script without the expressed written #
# consent of 'cd-profil as' is strictly prohibited. Copying any	  #
# of the code contained within this script and claiming it as	  #
# your own is also prohibited.					  #
#-----------------------------------------------------------------#
# By using this script you agree to indemnify 'Shawn Flynn'	    #
# from any liability that might arise from its use.		  #
#-----------------------------------------------------------------#
# You may not remove any of these header notices.		  #
#-----------------------------------------------------------------#

%rpo_txt = (
'1' => "Entgegengesetzte Postings",
'2' => "Möchten Sie Postings (Beiträge) in jedem Thread von den Neuesten zu den Ältesten anzeigen?"
);

1;
 

Wasn't just a recoding, but new coding.   But thanks.

ap